Card index



Aug. 4, 1925. 1,548,752

R.C.RUSSELL GARD'INDEX Filed Oct. 2, 1923 lllllll Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

7 A'UMTED STATES ROBERT C. RUSSELL, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARD INDEX.

Application filed Uctober 2, 1923. Serial No. 666,099.

To alli/whom 'it may concern.:A

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. RUs'sEu., a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and. Vuseful Improvements in Card Indexes; and I do `hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others vsln'lled in the art to which it appertains to make and. use the same. E

This invention' relates to improvements in card indexesY and more particularly to that of the visible type,one object of the invention being to provide simple and eiiicientvmeans for connecting the index card with its support and for eii'ectually applying a transparent shield to the card to cover a face thereof. A

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features a's hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims,

lthe card holder;

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 is a face view-illustrating a card index embodying my improvements;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of Figure 3 is a view in section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1; v

'Figure 4 is a perspective view showing an index card with shield applied and the cardsupport separated;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the shield;

Figure 6 is a front elevation of a card with applied -shield and a card-support separated, and showing a modified construction, and F igure7 is a view illustrating the parts shown in Figure 6 assembled.

- In Figures l and 2 of the drawing, a hold-e er 1 is shown as having side flanges 2 bent to form guide-ways' for tongues 3 profjecting from card-supports 4.' One end o metal sheet forming theholder is bent to Y overlie the lower portion of the holder and provides a platform 5 upon which the bottom card of the 'series may rest and permit the overlying cards to be disposedr flatly. The lower portions ofthe side flanges 2 of the holder may be bent downwardly close againstthe platform 5 as at 6 and thus close the lower ends of the guideways and the upper end of the Vplatform 5 may constitute the an ibutment for the support of the bottom car In Figure 1 of the drawing, a plurality of index cards 9v and their supports are shown in the holder 1,l each card being provided with a shield 10.

Each support 4 is provided with a member 11 hinged thereto and in effect forming part thereof. In one embodiment of the device, the member 11 is hinged to the body of the support by means of a fabric strip` 12 cemented to the respective parts and provided with a slot 13, as most clearly shown in Figure 4. A tongue 14 projects upwardly from the central portion of support and, when the cards with their supports are in the holder as illustrated in Figure 1, the tongue 14 of one support will project through the slot 13 in the hinge connection between the superimposed card and its support, and thus the several cards with their supports will be united by interlocking or intermeshing connnections The hinged member 11 of each card-support is provided near its ends with eyelets x15 (or solid pins or rivets may be employed), the heads 16 at the front ends of which are spaced slightly from the front face of the holder member 11. ,Each index card 9 is provided at its respective ends with open slots or notches 17 for the accommodation of -the eyelets and so that portions of the card said flange and the body of the Shield. The 160 i shield is provided at lts upper edge with a downwardly turned resilientV flange 19 which serves to clamp the upper portion of the shield to the card.

It will be apparent from the construction 105 and arrangement of parts above described, Y that the shield which covers the front face of the card is removably connected with the card so thatthe latter may be reversed if desired, and that the card, carrying the v110 shield, is removably connected with the holder. The cards of the index may be chan as desired while the supports are rmitted to remain in the holder, and when in use, both faces of the lower portions of the cards will be protected by the shield against injury or soilini.

Instead of providing t e hinged members of the card supports with headed eyelets or rivets to receive the slotted portions of the cards, -as above described, the cards may be rovided at their upper corner portions with tongues 20 to pass through slots 21 in hingidzmember 11, as illustrated in Figures 6 an v Havin fully described my invention what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. In a card index, the combination with a support including a hinged member, of

an in ex card, and means whereby the index card is removably connected with the hinged member of the support, and a transparent shield applied to the card and covering the means whereby the card is connected with the hinged member.

2. In a card index, the combination with a sup rt including a hinged member, of heade devices carried by said h inged member, an index card having slots to receive said headed devices and eifect removable connection of the card with the hinged support member, and a transparent shield apnuevas plied to the card and covering a face of th same and also said headed devices.

3. In a card index, the combination with a sup rt including a hinged member, of an ingx card removably attached to said hinged member, and a transparent shield carried by and covering one face of the card, said shield provided at its upper and lower edges with resilient ianges engaging the other face of the card near the upper and lower ed es of the latter. 4. .In a car index, the combination of a` support includinga member headed devices carried by said mem r' near the ends thereof, an index card having notched rtions near its u r corners to removab y engagesaid devices, and a trans arent shield having upper and lower esi ient flanges car EDWARD E. Dm, Jomr J. Gnn'n'rn.

mema face there- 5. In a card index, the combination with a sup rt includin a hinged member, and

to engage the index 

